xp-40

While plugging away on other recent bigger projects, I've been spending some time working on an old 1/72 scale Monogram P-36. I thought it might be interesting to not just mention that aircraft, but some of the other, related builds done with the same kit over the years. I'll begin with a plain...

From a caption in America's Hundred Thousand of a picture of the XP-40: You would think that a decision like that would be based on sound engineering reasons. The Tornado prototype, for example, had its radiator under the fuselage like the Hurrican before it. But it was found to not work...